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Monitoring and Visualisation of Plant DataSunny WebBox, Sunny WebBox with Bluetoothand

SMA Cluster Controller in Sunny PortalUser Manual


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User Manual SPortal-WB-CLCON-BA-en-25 3

Table of Contents

1 Information on this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.1 Intended Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.2 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.1 Registering the Plant in Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.2 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3.3 Next Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

4 Menu Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

5 Page, Table and Diagram Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

6 Page Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

6.1 Standard Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186.1.1 Overview of Standard Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

6.1.2 Creating Standard Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

6.2 Creating a New Customized Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

6.3 Generating Page Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216.3.1 Overview of Page Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

6.3.2 Creating Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

6.3.3 Adding a Plant Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276.3.4 Creating an XY Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

6.3.5 Creating a Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6.3.6 Creating a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

6.3.7 Creating an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

6.3.8 Creating Plant Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6.3.9 Creating an Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.3.10 Creating Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346.4 Changing/Deleting Page Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35


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6.5 Changing the Page Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.6 Publishing Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

6.7 Deleting Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366.8 Changing Page Arrangement in the Visualization Menu . . . . . 376.8.1 Creating a New Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.8.2 Changing the Positions of Pages and Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

6.8.3 Deleting a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

7 System Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7.1 Overview of Monitoring Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

7.2 System Logbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397.2.1 Calling up and Filtering Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

7.2.2 Acknowledging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

7.3 Plant Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407.3.1 Overview of Plant Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7.3.2 Setting Communication Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

7.3.3 Setting Inverter Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457.3.4 Setpoint Monitoring: Setting the E-Mail Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

7.4 Report Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467.4.1 Configuring the Daily Info Report/Monthly Info Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

7.4.2 Configuring an Event Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

7.4.3 Manually Regenerating Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

8 Plant Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

8.1 Plant Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498.1.1 Changing General Plant Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

8.1.2 Changing the Plant Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

8.1.3 Deleting the Plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

8.1.4 Setting the Plant Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

8.1.5 Changing the Plant Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

8.1.6 Changing/Deleting the Plant Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518.2 Changing Operator Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52


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8.3 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538.3.1 Changing the Feed-in Tariff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

8.3.2 Changing the CO2Avoided Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

8.3.3 Entering the Predicted Annual Yield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

8.3.4 Changing the Performance Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

9 Publishing Sunny Portal Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

10 Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

10.1 Calling Up and Filtering the Device Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

10.2 Calling Up Device Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5910.2.1 Activating/Deactivating the Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

10.2.2 Changing the Device Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

10.2.3 Changing the Device Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

10.2.4 Setting the Phase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

10.2.5 Setting the Generator Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

10.2.6 Deleting a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

10.2.7 Adding/Replacing Devices (Configuration Wizard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

10.3 Calling up the Parameters of a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

11 User Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

11.1 User Concept with Roles and Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

11.2 Creating a New User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

11.3 Changing User Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

11.4 Changing User Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7011.5 Deleting a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

11.6 Changing your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

13 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

14 Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75


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1 Information on this Document SMA Solar Technology AG


1 Information on this Document

Validity

This document is valid for plants in the Internet portal Sunny Portal, in which one of the followingcommunication products is installed:

Sunny WebBox

Sunny WebBox with BluetoothWireless Technology

SMA Cluster Controller

Sunny Boy Control / Plus

Sunny Data Control

Target Group

This document is intended for end users.

Additional Information

Links to additional information can be found at www.SMA-Solar.com:

Symbols

Typography

Document title Document type

Performance Ratio Technical information

Symbol Explanation

Information that is important for a specific topic or goal, but is notsafety-relevant

Desired result

Typography Usage Example

"light" Display messages on the

inverter Elements on a software

interface

Connections

The value can be read off

in the "Energy" field.

bold Elements to be selected

Elements to be entered

Select Settings.

Enter 10in the "minutes"field.

> Several elements that areto be selected

Select Settings > Date.

[Button/Key] Button or key to beselected or pressed

Select [Next].


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Nomenclature

Abbreviations

Full designation Designation in this document

Small wind turbine system Plant

PV plant PlantSMA Cluster Controller Cluster Controller

Sunny WebBox with BluetoothWirelessTechnology

Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth

Abbreviation Designation Explanation

CSV Comma-Separated Values File format

IP Internet ProtocolPE Protective Earth Protective conductor

SSL Secure Sockets Layer Protocol for transmitting coded data viathe internet

URL Uniform Resource Locator


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2 Sunny Portal

2.1 Intended Use

Sunny Portal is an Internet portal for the monitoring of plants as well as the visualization andpresentation of plant data.

In order to use Sunny Portal, you need an SMA product that can record your plant data and sendit to Sunny Portal (see Section 2.2 System Requirements (page 8)). Depending on whichSMA product sends the data to Sunny Portal, various functions are available in Sunny Portal.

2.2 System Requirements

A computer with Internet access must be available.

An Internet browser must be installed on the computer. JavaScript must be activated in the Internet browser.

SMA products required:

In order to use Sunny Portal you will need an SMA product that can record your plant data and sendit to Sunny Portal.

The following SMA products are capable of sending data to the Sunny Portal

Supported Internet browsers:

Google Chrome as of version 14.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer as of version 8

Mozilla Firefox as of version 5

Opera as of version 11.0

Safari as of version 5.0

Recommended screen resolution:

At least 1,024 x 768 pixels

Sunny WebBox / Sunny WebBox with BluetoothWireless Technology

SMA Cluster Controller

Sunny Boy Control / Plus

Sunny Data Control

Additional devices (not dealt with in this manual):

Sunny Home Manager*

Inverters with Webconnect function*

Sunny Multigate for plants with module inverters*

* For information on these devices in Sunny Portal, see the user manual of the respective device in Sunny Portal.


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3 Getting Started

3.1 Registering the Plant in Sunny Portal

You can register your plant via the following SMA products in Sunny Portal:Sunny WebBox / Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth Wireless Technology:

Register the Sunny WebBox in Sunny Portal as described in the Sunny WebBox /Sunny WebBox with Bluetoothmanuals.

SMA Cluster Controller:

Register the Cluster Controller in Sunny Portal according to the instructions in the user manualof the Cluster Controller.

Sunny Boy Control / Plus:

If your Sunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus is equipped with the optionalNET Piggy-Back, you can send the plant data to Sunny Portal directly via Ethernet or bymeans of one of the available modems. Set the type of data transfer to Sunny Portal in theSunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus according to the instructions in theNET Piggy-Back manual.

If your Sunny Boy Control or Sunny Boy Control Plus is not equipped with the optionalNET Piggy-Back, you can register your plant via Sunny Data Control.

Sunny Data Control:

In Sunny Data Control, configure the Sunny Portal e-mail as described in the Sunny Data Controlhelp. You can obtain the Sunny Data Control software from the download area atwww.SMA-Solar.com.


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3.2 Logging In and Out of Sunny Portal

Logging into Sunny Portal

Requirement:

You have already registered your plant in Sunny Portal (see Section 3.1 Registering the Plantin Sunny Portal (page 9)).

1. Open www.SunnyPortal.com.

2. Activate "SSL" for secure transmission of your login details.

3. In the "E-mail" field, enter the e-mail address you provided when you registered.

4. Enter the password you received by e-mail in the "Password" field.

5. Check the "Remain logged in" box to stay logged in. This way, you will not have to sign in againfor your next Sunny Portal session. You will stay logged in, even after closing your browser orswitching off your computer. The function will stay activated until you log out of Sunny Portal viathe lock symbol in the upper right corner.

6. Select [Login].

Upon initial login, the "User Information" page opens.

7. Fill in address details.

8. Select [Save].

Logging Out of Sunny Portal

To end your session in Sunny Portal, select "User Info/Logout > Logout" or log out via the locksymbol in the top right-hand corner.

Public or Shared Computers

If you are using a public computer or your computer is shared with other persons, pleasedeactivate the function "Remain logged in". Otherwise, other persons could access yourdata in Sunny Portal.

Delay in visualization

Sometimes it may take up to three hours before the data of your PV plant is displayed inSunny Portal.

Display depends on the transmitted plant data

Depending on the volume of the plant data transmitted, the display of the available dataon the pages may vary.


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3.3 Next Steps

Change your password to ensure that your Sunny Portal account is protected from unauthorisedaccess (see Section 11.6 Changing your Password (page 71)).

Get acquainted with Sunny Portal (see Section 4 Menu Overview (page 12)). Design your own pages entirely according to your wishes (see Section 6 Page Design

(page 18)).

Use the report function of Sunny Portal to receive current updates about your PV plant by e-mailor text message (see Section 7.4 Report Configuration (page 46)).

Enter the properties of your plant (see Section 8 Plant Properties (page 49)).

Give friends access to your Sunny Portal as guests, standard users, installers, or administrators(see Section 11 User Management (page 69)).


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4 Menu Overview

Menu Meaning

Plant Selection This menu will only be shown if more than one plant is assigned to youre-mail address. You can select the desired plant in this menu. The nameof the currently selected plant will be used for the main menu itemunder the "Plant selection" main menu. All other pages always refer tothe currently selected plant.

Plant Selection> Plant List

The page includes an overview of the plants assigned to your e-mailaddress. The following data is listed for each plant:

Plant power in kWp

Total yield so far

Total yield for the following periods: current day

previous day

current month

Specific plant yield (kWh/kWp) for the following periods:

current month

current year

When accessing the page, the plant list is always sorted in ascending

order according to the specific plant yield. Click on a blue value in theheader to sort the plant list in ascending order according to this value,click again to sort the list in descending order.

"Name of your plant" The menu includes pages with the most important information aboutyour plant: key data, yield, monitoring, and messages. Sunny Portalautomatically creates the pages in this menu.

"Name of your plant"

> Plant profile

This page includes an overview with information for the active plant.Sunny Portal compiles the plant profile from information that you haveentered on your Sunny Portal pages. Information that you have not

entered (e.g., "Operator") will not be shown in the plant profile. Forinformation in the plant profile (see Table Information in the PlantProfile (page 15)).


> Energy and Power

This page shows the following data of the active plant in 4 diagrams:

Day: power produced over the day

Month: total yield per month in days

Year: total yield per year in months

Total: total yields per year


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> Grid Management

This page will only be shown if in the plant a device is registered whichprovides data on grid management (Cluster Controller or PowerReducer Box). In the respective device, the use of Sunny Portal must beactivated and the settings for grid management carried out.

The page displays the following data:

Diagrams with plant power and the specifications for activepower limitation stipulated by the network operator

Table with reports from the plant logbook which are relevant forgrid management. Tip: Change to the plant logbook by selecting"System Logbook".

Diagrams with "active power limitation", "cos phi setpoint" and/

or "reactive power setpoint" by the network operator. Whichdiagrams are shown depends on the operating mode of theCluster Controller/Power Reducer Box. In the case of a PowerReducer Box, the different specifications for individual phasescan be represented by separate lines (L1, L2, L3).


> Energy Balance

This page is only displayed in plants with a Meter Connection Box.

The page displays the following data in a diagram depending on thetype of meter connected:

Plant power

Purchased electricity

Self-consumption


> Sensors

This page is only shown if a Cluster Controller with connected sensorsis registered in the plant.

Depending on which sensors are connected, the page will show thefollowing data in diagrams:

Irradiation

Outside temperature and/or module temperature

Tip: If you disconnect the sensors from the Cluster Controller, thedata collected so far will remain visible.


> Performance Ratio

This page is only shown if a Cluster Controller with connectedirradiation sensor is registered in the plant.

The page shows the following data in diagrams:

Daily performance ratio and irradiation values for the currentmonth

Monthly performance ratio values for the current year

"Name of your plant"> Annual Comparison

The page shows the total yield and the specific yield of the active plantper month in a yearly overview.

Menu Meaning


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> Plant Monitoring

On this page, the following functions for monitoring the active plant areavailable:

Monitoring of communication between Sunny Portal and yourplant

Monitoring of the plant by inverter comparison

Monitoring of the grid operator specifications for your plant(only for plants with a Cluster Controller or Power Reducer Box)

Plant monitoring, see Section 7.3 Plant Monitoring (page 40).


> System Logbook

This page shows messages from Sunny Portal and the active plant.These messages will help you to identify plant failures, for example.The figure after the colon shows the number of unread warning,

disturbance and error messages.Presentation This menu includes standard pages with visualizations of your plant

data that are created automatically by Sunny Portal (standard pages,see Section 6.8 Changing Page Arrangement in the VisualizationMenu (page 37)). All pages that you create yourself are also storedhere by Sunny Portal (creating pages, see Section 6.2 Creating aNew Customized Page (page 20)).

Configuration This menu includes pages by means of which you can set differentconfigurations for your Sunny Portal, e.g., create own pages, edit plant

properties, and create new pages. Visualization, see Section 6 Page Design (page 18)

Plant properties, see Section 8 Plant Properties (page 49)

Plant presentation, see Section 9 Publishing Sunny PortalPages (page 57)

Device overview, see Section10.1 Calling Up and Filtering theDevice Overview (page 58)

Report configuration, see Section 7.4 Report Configuration

(page 46) User management, see Section 11 User Management

(page 69)

"User Info/Logout" This menu enables you to call up user information and end your SunnyPortal session. On the "User Information" page, you can also changeyour password.

User information, see Section 11.4 Changing User Information(page 70)

Logout

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Information in the Plant Profile

The following table includes the information which may be found in the plant profile and the sourcesfor changing or entering such information.

Information in the Plant Profile SourceLocation Section8.1.1 Changing General Plant Data (page 49):

from details of city and country

Operator Section 8.2 Changing Operator Data (page 52)

Commissioning Section 8.1.1 Changing General Plant Data (page 49)

Plant power Section 8.1.4 Setting the Plant Power (page 50)

Annual production Section 8.3.3 Entering the Predicted Annual Yield(page 54)CO2savings

Modules Section 8.1.4 Setting the Plant Power (page 50)Tilt angle Section 10.2.5 Setting the Generator Capacity

(page 65), paragraph Configuring the power of aninverter via multiple strings (page 65)

Tracking

Inverter Sunny Portal receives this information from the devices

Communication

Description Section 8.1.5 Changing the Plant Description(page 51)

Plant image next to the data Section 8.1.6 Changing/Deleting the Plant Image

(page 51)


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5 Page, Table and Diagram Functions

Page Functions:

At the end of each page with at least two tables or diagrams, you can change the end date for all

diagrams and tables on the page. If the period presented in the table or the diagram is one year orone month, the year or month of the entered end date will be adopted.

Table Functions:

Refer to the following sample table for a description of the functions.

Item Meaning

A The table header lets you sort the displayed data in ascending or descending order.

Click on a blue value in the header to sort the data in the table in ascending order,click again to sort the data in descending order.

B Opens a window for saving the data in the configured format

C Opens calendar

In the calendar, you can use the arrows to scroll through the months and select thedesired display period.

D Here, you can scroll to the next or previous display period within the displayedintervals.


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Diagram Functions:

Refer to the following sample table for a description of the functions.

Buttons for Editing the Diagrams:

Item Meaning

A Via the right and left margin of the diagram you can scroll to the next or previousdisplay period, providing that data is available.

B Opens more buttons for editing the diagram.

C Opens calendar

In the calendar, you can use the arrows to scroll through the months and select thedesired display period.

D Here, you can scroll to the next or previous display period within the displayedintervals.

Symbol Meaning

Opens a sub-menu with the options described below for the diagram.

Opens a window with a tabular view of diagram values. If the window does notopen, refer to Section 12 Troubleshooting (page 72).

Opens a window for saving the data in the configured format

Shows legend

Hides legend

Shows full-screen diagram

Opens page configuration for editing the diagram.


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6 Page Design

6.1 Standard Pages

6.1.1 Overview of Standard Pages

Standard pages are pages with the most important data. They are created automatically bySunny Portal when your plant data is initially transmitted. The standard pages are saved in the"Visualization" menu. Which standard pages are available for selection depends on the registereddevice types. Standard pages can be modified (see Section 6.4 Changing/Deleting Page Contents(page 35)). They can be recreated if they are erased or modified (see Section 6.1.2 CreatingStandard Pages (page 19)).

Standard Page DescriptionPlant overview Displayed data of the entire plant:

CO2avoided and energy generated on the current day

Meter change of total yield per year in months

Meter change of total yield and mean power values overtwo days in hours

Power and energy Displayed data of the entire plant:

Mean power value over one day in hours

Meter change of total yield over seven days in daysSpecific plant yield Displayed data of the entire plant:

Mean values for specific plant yield over one month in days

Mean values for specific plant yield over one year in months

Performance ratio This will be created and configured automatically in the followingcases:

A Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant.

A communication device (with the exception of Cluster

Controller) sends data from an irradiation and temperaturesensor to Sunny Portal *. Tip: In the case of plants withCluster Controller, the page "Performance Ratio" isdisplayed in the "Name of your plant" menu.

Displayed data of the entire plant:

Mean values for performance ratio over one month in days

Mean values for performance ratio over one year in months

Devices

> Overview "Name OfInverter"

Displayed data of the inverter:

Meter change of total yield over one year in months

Mean power value over one day in hours


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*The sensor will need to be adjusted manually in this case (see Section 8.3.4 Changing the Performance Ratio (page 55)).

6.1.2 Creating Standard Pages

Sunny Portal creates the standard pages automatically. Should you have accidentally deleted orchanged a standard page, you can create the standard pages as described below:

1. Select "Configuration > Visualization".

The "Group Configuration" page opens.

2. Select [ ] in the "Create Standard Page" area in the selected page line.

The selected standard page has now been created in the "Visualization" menu.

Report

> Daily Plant Report

Displayed data:

Meter change of total yield for the current day, currentmonth and current year

Meter change of total yield for one day in hours

Report

> Monthly Plant Report

Displayed data:

Meter change of total yield for current month and currentyear

Meter change of total yield for one month in days

Sensors

> "Name of the Sensor"

This will be created and configured automatically in the followingcases:

A Sunny SensorBox is added to your Sunny Portal plant.

A communication device (with the exception of ClusterController) sends data from an irradiation and temperaturesensor to Sunny Portal *. Tip: In the case of plants withCluster Controller, the page "Sensors" is displayed in the"Name of your plant" menu.

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6.2 Creating a New Customized Page



2. Select [New Page]. Page templates open.

3. Enter page name in "Please enter the page name" field.

4. Select desired page template. Here you can select the page layout. You can place differentcontent in the page sections. TIP: In page templates 8 and 12, the height of the two uppersections is limited. These sections are only suitable for small images such as logos.

The "Page Configuration" page opens.

5. In the "Module type" field in one section of the page, select the desired page content.

6. Select [Create] to create desired page content (see Section 6.3 Generating Page Content

(page 21)).


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Plant profile You can also use this information on your customised pages.Information in the plant profile:

Plant name Location

Operator

Date commissioned

Plant power

Annual production

CO2savings

PV modules

Azimuth angle

Tilt angle

Tracking

Inverter

Communication

Description

Example of plant profile:

Page content Content


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Image You can insert an image of your choice.

Requirements:

Maximum image size: 500 kB Possible image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF

Height and width: Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of theimage to match the size of the page layout.

Plant monitoring You can display the following data:

Communication status between the plant and Sunny Portal

Inverter comparison status

Plant monitoring;

Overview You can display the following data:

Energy of the PV plant

CO2saved by the PV plant

Feed-in compensation for the PV plant

Standard image or a random image

Overview with standard image:

Text You can enter and format text in the editor in just the same way as inother text editing programs. If you are familiar with HTML, you canswitch to the source code view and enter or edit the HTML codedirectly. Java Script is not permitted.

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6.3.3 Adding a Plant Profile

1. In order to add a heading, enter the heading in the "Title" field.

2. If there are several plants in the "Plant" field, select the desired plant.

3. Activate the fields for which you wish data to be displayed.4. Select [Save].

5. Select [Save].

The plant profile has been added and is now displayed.

6.3.4 Creating an XY Diagram

Procedure:

Configure Y axis, X axis

Configure time settings

Make extended configurations

Configuring Y axis, X axis

1. Select a plant or a device in the "Plant/devices" field in the "Y axis", "X axis" area. Only devicesof the active plant can be selected. TIP: In order to narrow your selection, use the "Filterselection" field to choose a device type or "Plants".

2. Select a channel in the "Channel" field.

3. Select [+].

The table with the selected device or plant is displayed.

4. In order to add further plants or devices, repeat the previous steps.

5. Select the desired unit in the "Unit" field.

Selectable channelsFor devices, all channels which are transmitted to Sunny Portal are available. For a plant,the calculated channels are available (CO2avoided, energy, power, compensation,performance ratio, specific plant yield). The unit of the first channel selected determines theadditional channels available for selection.

The selection of further channels is based on the unit of the first channel

If the base unit of the first selected channel is "Watts", the only channels subsequentlyselectable are those compatible with "Watts". The selection options are automaticallyrestricted by Sunny Portal accordingly.


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6. In the "Value" field, select the channel type for the value. The following channel types areavailable, depending on the channel:

7. Set automatic scaling or enter own scaling values:

Automatic scaling: activate "Automatic scaling min" and "Automatic scaling max".

Custom scaling: enter scaling values into "Min" and "Max" fields.

Configuring time settings

1. In the "Depicted time period" field of the "Time settings" area, select the desired display periodfor the diagram.

2. In the "Count of intervals" field, select how many display intervals are to be shown.

3. In the "Time unit" field, select the time unit by which the intervals should be subdivided.4. In the "End date of the display" area, activate the desired end date of the display. The following

settings are possible:


1. In order to add a heading in the "Extended configuration" area, enter heading in the"Diagram name" field.

2. In the "Download file type" field, select the format for saving the diagram. The following settingsare possible:

Analog values

Mean values The average value of the channel over the set period.Maximum values The highest value of the channel over the set period.

Minimum values The lowest value of the channel over the set period.

Meter channels

Meter change Increase over a period yet to be selected.

Meter reading Current total meter reading of the value.

Cum. change Cumulative (= summated) increase over a period yet to beselected.

current The values generated on the current date (e.g. current day, current month) willalways be displayed.

selectable You can select the date for which the values are to be displayed(e.g. a certain day, a certain month).

CSV File format describing the layout of a text file to be used for thestorage or exchange of simply structured data.

ODS File format for tables with Open Document format enabling theexchange of Office files between various applications and operating

systems.XLSX File format in the Excel Workbook format supported by Microsoft as

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3. In order to show the legend by default for this diagram, activate "Show legend".

4. In order to see the preview, open the "Preview" area. To reload the diagram after changes,select [Update].

5. Select [Save].

6. Select [Save].

The XY diagram has been created and is now displayed.

6.3.5 Creating a Diagram

A diagram consists of at least one X axis (time settings)and one Y1 axis; the Y2 axis is optional. Several channelvalues with the same unit can be depicted on each Y axis.Use the Y2 axis if you want to display values having a

different unit to that of the Y1 axis.

Procedure:

Configure the Y1 axis (Y2 axis is optional)

Configure time settings


Configuring the Y1 axis (Y2 axis is optional)

1. In the "Y1 axis", "Y2 axis" area of the "Plant/Devices" field, select a plant or a device.

Only devices of the active plant can be selected. TIP: In order to narrow your selection, use the"Filter selection" field to choose a device type or "Plants".

2. Select desired channel in the "Channel" field.

3. Select [+]. The table with the selected device or plant is displayed.

4. In order to add further plants or devices, repeat the previous steps.

5. Select the desired unit in the "Unit" field.

Selectable channels

For devices, all channels which are transmitted to Sunny Portal are available. For a plant,the calculated channels are available (CO2avoided, energy, power, compensation,performance ratio, specific plant yield). The unit of the first channel selected determines theadditional channels available for selection.

Selecting additional channels

The selection of further channels is based on the unit of the first channel. If the base unit ofthe first selected channel is "Watts", the only channels subsequently selectable are thosecompatible with "Watts". The selection options are automatically restricted by Sunny Portalaccordingly.

Y1 Y2

X


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6. In the "Value" field, select the channel type for the value. The following channel types areavailable, depending on the channel:

7. Select the type of depiction in the "Chart type" field. The following depiction types are possible:

8. Set automatic scaling or enter own scaling values: Automatic scaling: activate "Automatic scaling min" and "Automatic scaling max".

Custom scaling: enter scaling values into "Min" and "Max" fields.

Analog values

Mean values The average value of the channel over the set period.

Maximum values The highest value of the channel over the set period.

Minimum values The lowest value of the channel over the set period.

Meter channels

Meter change Increase over a period yet to be selected.

Meter reading Current total meter reading of the value.

Cum. change Cumulative (= summated) increase over a period yet to beselected.

Item Meaning

A Bars

B Shaded area

C Line with markers

D Line

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Configuring time settings

1. In the "Depicted time period" field of the "Time settings" area, select the desired display periodfor the diagram.

2. In the "Count of intervals" field, select how many display intervals are to be shown.3. In the "Time unit" field, select into which time units the periods should be divided.

4. In the "End date of the display" area, activate the desired end date of the display. The followingsettings are possible:

Making extended configurations1. In order to add a heading in the "Extended configuration" area, enter heading in the

"Diagram name" field.

2. In the "Download file type" field, select the download format.

3. In order to show the legend by default for this diagram, activate "Show legend".

4. In order to see the preview, open the "Preview" area. To reload the diagram after changes,select [Update].

5. Select [Save].

6. Select [Save].

The diagram has been created and is now displayed.

6.3.6 Creating a Slide Show

TIP: To ensure high-quality display of the slide show, select a page template with no more than onedisplay module per page.

Procedure:

Select photo album at Picasa or Flickr

Integrate slide show into Sunny Portal

Selecting a Picasa photo album

1. Register on picasa.google.com.

2. If you have not yet uploaded any photos to Picasa, create a photo album as described atPicasa.

3. Select photo album.

4. Select [Link to this album].

5. Select [Integrate slideshow]. A window opens.

current The values generated on the current date (e.g. current day, current month) willalways be displayed.

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6. "Integrate slideshow" text field.

7. Select the HTML code and copy this to the clipboard.

8. Log out of Picasa and switch to Sunny Portal.

Selecting a Flickr photo album1. Register on www.flickr.com.

2. If you have not yet uploaded any photos to Flickr, create a photo album as described at Flickr.

3. Select photo album.

4. Select [Slideshow].

Slide show begins.

5. Select [Publish].

A window opens.

6. Select [Embed HTML].

7. Select [Copy to clipboard].

8. Log out of Flickr and switch to Sunny Portal.

Integrating a slide show into Sunny Portal

1. Call up page configuration of slide show.


3. In the "Data source" field, select the name of the photo platform.

4. Copy HTML code into the "HTML code" field.

5. In order to see the preview, select [Preview].

6. Select [Save].

7. Select [Save].

The slide show has been created and is now displayed.

6.3.7 Creating an Image

Image requirements: Maximum image size: 500 kB

Possible image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF

Height and width: Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image to match the size of thepage layout.

Procedure:

Upload an image from your own computer to the gallery

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Uploading an image from your own computer to the gallery

1. Select .

A new window opens.

2. Select [Browse]. The "Select file" window opens.

3. Open desired image.

The path of the image is given in the line.

4. Select [Upload selected file].

5. To upload further images, repeat the procedure.

The image has been uploaded and is now displayed in the gallery.

Adding an image from the gallery to the page

1. In order to add a caption, enter caption in the "Title" field.

2. Select image by a double click.

Image is displayed.

3. In order to use a different image, select [Edit] and repeat previous steps.

4. Select [Save].

5. Select [Save].

The image has been inserted on the page and is now displayed.

6.3.8 Creating Plant Monitoring

Requirement:

Plant monitoring is configured (see Section 7.3).


2. Activate "Communication monitoring" and/or "Inverter comparison".

3. Select [Save].

4. Select [Save].

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6.3.9 Creating an Overview

Image requirements:

Maximum image size: 500 kB

Possible image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF Height and width: Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions of the image to match the size of the

page layout.

1. Activate field with the desired value.

2. Select unit size.

3. Add an image:

In order to use the displayed image, activate "Automatic".

In order to use an image of your own, activate "User-defined" and select [Browse].4. Select [Save].

5. Select [Save].

The overview has been created and is now displayed.

6.3.10 Creating Text

Non-permitted HTML tags:

(hence also JavaScript), , , , , , ,

.


2. Enter the desired text in the editor.

3. Select [Save].

4. Select [Save].

The text has been created and is now displayed.

Example: Adding a current webcam image

This example shows how to insert the current image of a webcam using the editor. Each time the pageis opened, the current image of the webcam is displayed.

Requirement:

The program of the webcam always saves the current image under the same name.


2. Select .

The "Image properties" window opens.3. Enter the URL of the webcam image in the "Select image" field.

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6.4 Changing/Deleting Page Contents

1. Select the name of the page in the "Visualization" menu.

The selected page opens.

2. Select the "Page configuration" tab.3. To change the page content:

Select [Edit] in the area of the page content to be changed.

Edit page content.

4. In order to delete page content, select [Delete] in the area of the page content to be deleted.

6.5 Changing the Page Name

1. Select the name of the page in the "Visualization" menu.


2. Select the "Page configuration" tab.

3. Change the page name in the "Name of this page" field.

4. Select [Save].

6.6 Publishing Pages

You can publish the following pages:

All pages in the "Visualization" menu The following pages of the "Name of your plant" menu:

Plant profile

Power and energy

Annual comparison

Options for publishing:

Present pages at www.SunnyPortal.com in the "Publicly Available Plants" area

Present pages on the Internet

Presenting Pages on Sunny Portal in the "Publicly Available Plants" Area

1. Select the name of the desired page.


2. If you have chosen a page in the "Visualization" menu, select the "Page configuration" tab.

3. If you have chosen a page in the "Name of your plant" menu, select "Configuration >Name of page".

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6.8 Changing Page Arrangement in the Visualization Menu

6.8.1 Creating a New Group

Once you have created a new group, you can assign pages to the group by changing the pagepositions.



2. Select [New group].

The "Configure group" page opens.

3. Enter a name for the group in the "Group title" field.

4. Select [Save].

The new group is now visible in the directory tree and in the "Visualization" menu.

6.8.2 Changing the Positions of Pages and Groups

Groups are moved as groups, together with the pages assigned to them. The position of the"(without group)" group cannot be changed; it always remains at the top of the list.



2. Select "Modify position".

3. Select the name of the group or page.

Arrow keys are now active. The name of the page or group is highlighted grey.

4. Use the up or down arrow to move the page or group.

The page or group moves one step at a time.

5. Keep pressing the corresponding arrow until the desired position is reached.

6. Select [Save].

6.8.3 Deleting a Group



2. Select the name of the group.

3. Select [New group].

The "Configure group" page opens.

4. Select [Delete] to delete the group permanently.

Group and all sub-pages will be deleted permanently.

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7 System Monitoring SMA Solar Technology AG


7 System Monitoring

7.1 Overview of Monitoring Functions

Sunny Portal includes the following monitoring functions for your plant:

Monitoring Sunny Portal Function Section

Plant events System Logbook

The system logbook allows you to viewmessages pertaining to events whichhave occurred in your plant.

7.2 System Logbook(page 39)

Report Configuration

If you are using report configuration, you

will receive an e-mail with the eventswhich have occurred in your plant.

7.4 Report Configuration(page 46)

Yield, feed-incompensation, power,CO2avoided

Report Configuration

Here, you can configure the functionenabling you to receive an e-mail withyour plant data.

Inverter yields outsideof the tolerance

Plant Monitoring InverterComparison

If you set the inverter comparison option,you will receive an e-mail as soon as thespecific yield of an inverter exceeds thetolerance.

7.3.3 Setting InverterComparison (page 45)

Communicationbetween theSunny Portal and SMAcommunicationproducts*

*Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth, Sunny WebBox, Cluster Controller, Power Reducer Box

Plant Monitoring - CommunicationMonitoring

If you set the communication monitoringoption, you will receive an e-mailwhenever the connection betweenSunny Portal and SMA communicationproducts*is interrupted.

7.3.2 Setting CommunicationMonitoring (page 44)

Incoming setpoints foryour plant from thenetwork operator

Setpoint Monitoring

If you activate the setpoint monitoring,you will receive an e-mail as soon as thenetwork operator transmits setpoints toyour Cluster Controller/Power ReducerBox (e.g. to limit the active power).

7.3.4 Setpoint Monitoring:Setting the E-Mail Alert(page 45)


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7.2 System Logbook

On the page "Name of your plant > System logbook" you will receive messages from Sunny Portaland your plant. These messages will help you to identify plant failures, for example. The figure after

the colon in the menu name shows the number of unread warning, disturbance and error messages(system logbook: x, x = number of messages).

7.2.1 Calling up and Filtering Messages

You can filter messages in the system logbook in order to narrow down the list of messages.

1. Select "Name of your plant".

2. Select "System logbook".

3. Set the desired filters. The following settings are possible:

7.2.2 Acknowledging Messages

You can acknowledge messages in order to mark them as read. This allows you to differentiatebetween read and new messages.

1. Activate the fields in front of messages to be acknowledged.

2. In order to select all messages, activate "Select all".

3. To acknowledge a message immediately, select the red tick.

4. Select [Submit].

Go to Here you can select the date of the messages to be displayed.

Status Non-acknowledged: non-acknowledged messages aredisplayed (default setting).

Acknowledged: acknowledged messages are displayed.

All: both acknowledged and non-acknowledged messages aredisplayed.

Plant/Devices All: messages from Sunny Portal, the plant, Service, and thedevices are displayed.

Portal: messages from Sunny Portal and the communicationdevices are displayed.

Plant: messages from all inverters in the active plant aredisplayed.

Devices (e.g. SB 4200TL): messages for the selected deviceare displayed.

Number per page This allows you to select how many messages are to be displayedper page.

Type This allows you to select which messages are to be displayed:

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7.3 Plant Monitoring

7.3.1 Overview of Plant Monitoring

The page "Name of your plant > Plant monitoring" provides information on the monitoring status ofyour plant. You can set and activate various monitoring options. If desired, the plant monitoring cansend you an alert via e-mail. The "Plant Monitoring" page is subdivided into a maximum of 4 areas:

Area Meaning

Plant configuration Is only displayed if Sunny Portal has detected a newdevice in your plant (see Section 10.2.7 Adding/Replacing Devices (Configuration Wizard) (page 67)).

Communication monitoring Indicates whether there is connectivity betweenSunny Portal and SMA communication products* .E-mail alerts possible.

*Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth, Sunny WebBox, Cluster Controller, Power Reducer Box

Inverter comparison Displays whether the inverter yields of the selectedinverters are within the configured range. E-mail alertspossible.

Setpoint monitoring This function is only available if a device is registered inthe plant which provides grid management data(Cluster Controller or Power Reducer Box). In therespective device, the use of Sunny Portal must beactivated and the settings for grid management carried

out.

Shows whether the plant is feeding into the electricity gridwithout restrictions by the grid operator. This area onlyindicates setpoints for active power limitation.

E-mail alerts possible upon reception of the followingsetpoints:

Active power limitation

Reactive power setpoint (fixed reactive power or

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Communication monitoring:

Communication monitoring monitors the connection between Sunny Portal and the following devices:

Sunny WebBox / Sunny WebBox with Bluetooth:

At certain time intervals, Sunny Portal checks whether Sunny WebBox has sent the data toSunny Portal with the specified frequency. You can set the frequency with which Sunny WebBoxshould send data to Sunny Portal in the user interface of Sunny WebBox.

Cluster Controller:

Sunny Portal checks whether the Cluster Controller reports to the Sunny Portal with the specifiedfrequency. You can set the frequency with which the Cluster Controller should report toSunny Portal in the user interface of the Cluster Controller.

Power Reducer Box:

Sunny Portal checks whether the Power Reducer Box reports regularly in Sunny Portal. You canset the frequency with which the Power Reducer Box should report in Sunny Portal in the userinterface of the Power Reducer Box.

If one of these devices does not report in Sunny Portal over a prolonged period of time, an alert mailwill be sent to the given e-mail address. After the alert mail, a reminder e-mail that the error is still activewill be sent on up to three subsequent days. The error will continue to be displayed in Sunny Portaluntil the device reports to Sunny Portal again. A description of how to configure communicationmonitoring is given in Section 7.3.2 Setting Communication Monitoring (page 44). The followingtable explains the meaning of the communication monitoring symbols:

Communication monitoringSymbol Status Meaning

Deactivated Communication monitoring is not configured.

OK Communication with Sunny Portal is OK. The time of lastcontact is displayed.

Error Communication with Sunny Portal is interrupted. Use the"Details" link to view detailed information on the time of

last contact. The following navigation options areavailable:

Link to the device properties

Link to the parameters

Link to device messages in the system logbook

By clicking on this bell icon, you can halt the sending ofreminder e-mails for the current error. For new errors, thesending of a reminder e-mail will start again.


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The following table explains the meaning of the setpoint monitoring symbols:

Status of setpoint monitoring for active power limitation

Symbol Status Meaning

No setpoint There is no setpoint for active power limitation.

Setpoint There is a setpoint for active power limitation.

Problem with aCluster Controller/Power Reducer Box

There is a problem with a Cluster Controller/PowerReducer Box.

Status of the Power Reducer BoxSymbol Status Meaning

Ok The Power Reducer Box is working properly.

Disturbance The Power Reducer Box has received a signal from theradio ripple control receiver that is not configured in thePower Reducer Box.

Error There is no connection between the Power Reducer Box

and at least one Sunny WebBox.or

There is no Sunny WebBox registered in the PowerReducer Box.

Status of the Cluster Controller

Symbol Status Meaning

Ok The Cluster Controller is working properly.

Warning The Cluster Controller hat received a signal from thesignal source that is not configured in the ClusterController.

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7.3.2 Setting Communication Monitoring

Requirements:

If you wish to monitor the communication between Sunny WebBox and Sunny Portal:

The Sunny WebBox is registered in Sunny Portal (see Sunny WebBox manual). Use of Sunny Portal is activated on the user interface of the Sunny WebBox

(see Sunny WebBox manual).

If you wish to monitor the communication between Cluster Controller and Sunny Portal:

The Cluster Controller is registered in Sunny Portal (see user manual of theCluster Controller).

The use of Sunny Portal is activated on the Cluster Controller user interface andcommunication monitoring is switched on (see Cluster Controller user manual).

If you wish to monitor the communication between the Power Reducer Box and Sunny Portal: The Power Reducer Box is registered in Sunny Portal (see Power Reducer Box manual).

To this end, all Sunny WebBox devices must be registered in the Power Reducer Box and atleast one of these Sunny WebBox devices must be registered in Sunny Portal.

The use of Sunny portal is activated in the Power Reducer Box and communicationmonitoring is switched on (see Power Reducer Box manual).

1. Select "Name of plant > Plant monitoring".

2. In the "Communication Monitoring" area select [Settings].

3. Set alert. The following settings are possible:

4. Enter the recipient's e-mail address for notifications in the "Recipient" field. If you enter severale-mail addresses, please separate these by commas.

5. For the required devices activate the "Monitoring" field.

6. Select [Save].

off Communication monitoring is deactivated in Sunny Portal.

liberal, tolerant,acute

Here, you can select how fast you wish to be notified about theinterrupted communication.

The time span indicates how long Sunny Portal should wait beforesending an e-mail after the expected contact has failed.

"acute": alert 15 minutes after contact overdue

"tolerant": alert 1 hour after contact overdue

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7.4 Report Configuration

Reports contain plant data or events for your plant. Sunny Portal sends reports by e-mail.

The following three types of report are available, and you can configure three in each case:

Receiving e-mails as text messages on your cell phone

You can also receive the report e-mails as a text message through your mobile network

provider or have them forwarded as a text message from your mailbox.

Direct text messages from the Sunny WebBox with optional GSM modem

If you have an installed GSM modem, the Sunny WebBox can notify you directly of errorevents by e-mail and text message.

Sunny Portal takes late data into account in the following reports

If relevant data is received after the report has been sent, Sunny Portal will incorporate thedata into the subsequent report.

Report Selectable channels

Daily info report 1 to 3 Daily yield (kWh)

Feed-in compensation today

Max. power today (kW)

CO2avoided today (kg)

Monthly info report 1 to 3 Monthly yield (kWh)

Monthly feed-in compensation

Max. power for the month (kW)

CO2saved (kg) this month

Event report 1 to 3 For each of the three event reports you can choose four messagetypes from Sunny Portal, from the plant, and from Service:

Information

Warnings

Disturbances

Errors


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7.4.1 Configuring the Daily Info Report/Monthly Info Report

For the daily info report, the daily data for each channel, and for the monthly info report, the monthlydata for each channel is transmitted. You can configure three monthly info reports and three daily info

reports each containing different data. Each daily info report can be sent at a set time; the monthlyinfo reports are sent at the end of the month.

1. Select "Configuration / Report Configuration".

2. In the "Report configuration" field, select a daily info report or a monthly info report.

3. Select [Edit].

4. Configure report. The following settings are possible:

5. In order to send a test report to a set e-mail address, select [Send test report].

6. Select [Save].

Activate report If the report is activated, it will be sent to the configured e-mailaddress at the set interval. You can also save report settings and

activate the report later.Recipient In the "E-mail address(es):" field, enter the recipient's e-mail address.

If you enter several e-mail addresses, please separate these bycommas.

Interval In the "Send report at:" field, select the time at which you would liketo receive the e-mail.

Content

Channel selection Activate the channel fields to be displayed in the report.

Send report as: Text: You receive the e-mail with the data in text format.

In the "Send data in:" area, activate the fields in which the datashould be displayed in the e-mail.

Subject of the mail: The data is displayed in the subject line ofthe e-mail.

Contents of the mail: The data is displayed in the body of the e-mail.

HTML: You receive the e-mail with the data in HTML-Format.

PDF: You receive the e-mail in text format, with the data as a PDF

attachment.In the "Portal page to be sent:" field, select which Sunny Portal pageyou wish to be sent with the e-mail. If you want to generate astandard report page, save your report settings and create the reportmanually afterwards.


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7.4.2 Configuring an Event ReportYou can set up three event reports each containing different events and to be sent at different times.You can select four events from Sunny Portal and the plant: information, warnings, disturbances,errors.


2. Select an event report in the "Report Configuration" field.

3. Select [Edit].

4. Configure report. The following settings are possible:

5. In order to send a test report to set e-mail addresses, select [Send test report].

6. Select [Save].

7.4.3 Manually Regenerating ReportsYou can regenerate the report of a certain date at a later time. Thereafter, you can send the report tothe e-mail addresses configured in the report.


2. Select the desired report in the "Report Configuration" field.

3. In the "Report date" field in the "Regenerate report manually" area, select the date of the report

to be regenerated.4. Select [Generate].

Next to the button a message is displayed that the report has been sent.

Activate report If the report is activated, it will be sent to the set recipients at the setinterval. You can also save report settings and activate the reportlater.

Recipient In the "E-mail address(es):" field, enter the recipient's e-mail address.

If you enter several e-mail addresses, please separate these bycommas.

Interval In order to receive the report hourly, activate the "Hourly" field. Inorder to receive the report daily, activate the "Daily" field and selectthe time.

Content

In the "Portal" and "Plant" lines, activate the respective fields of theevents to be included in the report.

Send report as: Text: You receive the e-mail with the data in text format.

HTML: You receive the e-mail with the data in HTML format.PDF: You receive the e-mail in text format, with the data as a PDFattachment.

Maximum number ofmessages in onereport

Select the maximum number of messages permitted in one report.

If you require empty reports to be sent as well, activate"Send empty reports if no new events are available".


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8.1.2 Changing the Plant Name

The plant identifier is used as the default plant name. You can change the plant name and assign yourplant a name. If you have several plants registered at Sunny Portal, you will be able to distinguish

better between plants by assigning them meaningful names.1. Select "Configuration > Plant Properties".

2. Select the "Plant data" tab.

3. Select [Edit].

4. In the "Name" field, enter the desired name for the plant (e.g., "Smith House" or "WebBox PlantSouth").

5. Select [Save].

8.1.3 Deleting the Plant

1. Select "Configuration > Plant Properties".


2. Select [Edit].

3. Select [Irretrievably delete plant].

4. To delete plant permanently, Select [Yes].

8.1.4 Setting the Plant Power

The plant power is the sum of the power of all PV modules.

Options for Configuring Plant Power:

Enter the plant power manually

Calculate plant power from the total power of all the inverters

Entering the Plant Power Manually1. Select "Configuration > Plant Properties".


3. Select [Edit].

4. In the "Power" area, "Plant power" field, enter the plant power.

5. In order to configure the PV module manufacturer, make a selection in the "Manufacturer" field.

6. In order to configure the module type, make a selection in the "Module type" field. The possiblesettings depend on the selected manufacturer.

7. Select [Save].

You cannot undo the delete process.

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Calculating the plant power from total power of all inverters

1. Set the power of the individual inverters, see Section 10.2.5 Setting the Generator Capacity(page 65).

2. Select "Configuration > Plant Properties".3. Select the "Plant data" tab.

4. Select [Edit].

5. In the "Power" area, activate "Calculate plant power from device properties" field.

Plant power is calculated and displayed.

6. Select [Save].

8.1.5 Changing the Plant Description

You can enter important features of the plant in the description. The editor can format text but doesnot support HTML. The text is also displayed on the "Plant profile" page.



3. Select [Edit].

4. Enter your description in the "Description" area.

5. Select [Save].

8.1.6 Changing/Deleting the Plant ImageThe plant image is the image (A) in the menu "Name of yourplant". You can change this image. You can upload an imagefrom your computer or select an image from your ownSunny Portal image gallery. You can store own images in thegallery for later use on your pages.

Image requirements:

Maximum image size: 500 kB

Possible image formats: JPG, PNG, GIF Height and width: Sunny Portal adjusts the proportions

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Changing the plant image



3. Select [Edit].4. To upload an image from your computer:

Select [Load Image] in the "Plant Image" area.

The "Select file" window opens.

Select desired image.

Select [Open].

To change the image section, use the mouse to adjust the edges of the grey squares.

5. To select an image from the gallery:

Select [Select from the gallery] in the "Plant image" area.

The image gallery opens.

Select the desired image by double clicking it.

To change the image section, use the mouse to adjust the the grey squares.

6. Select [Save].

Deleting the plant image

You can delete your own plant images. If you have deleted your plant image, Sunny Portal will revert

to the default plant image.1. Select "Configuration > Plant Properties".


3. Select [Edit].

4. Select [No plant image] in the "Plant image" area.

5. Select [Save].

8.2 Changing Operator Data

You can enter the data of the plant operator in the plant properties in Sunny Portal, as described inthis section. The name of the operator is displayed on the "Plant profile" page. The operator is aprivate or legal person who, for example, owns large-scale PV plants for business purposes andmakes them available for use, without necessarily being the user himself.


2. Select "Operator" tab.

3. Select [Edit].

4. Change operator data.

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8.3.3 Entering the Predicted Annual Yield

The predicted annual yield is the yield to be expected from a PV plant within one year. Sunny Portaluses a table to show how the predicted annual yield of your PV plant is distributed throughout the

months of the year.The predicted annual yield of the PV plant is calculated from the specific annual yield (kWh/kWp) atthe location of the PV plant multiplied by the plant power in kWp. The plant power is also callednominal power.

You can obtain the specific annual yield for your PV plant location from irradiation maps. Localconditions such as degrees of shading or the orientation of the plant are not taken into account.You can find out the plant power in kWp from your installer.


2. Select the "Parameters" tab.

3. Select [Edit].

4. Enter specific annual yield in kWh/kWp in the "Specific Annual Yield" field.

5. If the "Plant Power (Nominal Power)" field is empty, set the plant power (see Section 8.1.4Setting the Plant Power (page 50)).

6. Select [Save].

Changing the monthly distribution of the predicted annual yield

The monthly distribution shows how the predicted annual yield is distributed throughout the months ofthe year. Given full details of the plant location, Sunny Portal can suggest a distribution. You can alsoenter the distribution manually.



3. Select [Edit].

4. If the "Plant Location" field is empty, enter details of the plant location under the "Plant Data" tab(see Section 8.1.1 Changing General Plant Data (page 49)).

5. Select [Suggest a Monthly Distribution].6. In order to enter the monthly distribution manually, enter values in the "in %" fields.

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8.3.4 Changing the Performance Ratio

The performance ratio is a location-independent measure of the quality of a PV plant, and is thereforeoften called the quality factor. The performance ratio (PR) is given in percent and describes the

relationship between the actual and target yields of the plant. It thus shows the proportion of theenergy that is actually available for feed-in to the grid after deduction of energy loss (e.g. due tothermal losses and conduction losses ) and of the requisite operating current.

The closer the PR value determined for a plant is to 100%, the more efficiently the respective plant isoperating. In reality, a value of 100% cannot be achieved, as unavoidable losses always arise duringoperation of the plant (e.g. thermal losses due to the warming of the PV modules). However,high-performance plants can reach a performance ratio of up to 80%.

The parameters for the performance ratio are configured automatically when one of the followingdevices is added to your Sunny Portal plant.

Sunny SensorBox Cluster Controller with connected irradiation sensor

Manual adjustment of the irradiation and temperature sensor

In the following cases, you will need to adjust the parameters of the irradiation and/or temperaturesensor manually.

If there are several Sunny SensorBox devices in the plant

If there is a Sunny SensorBox and a Cluster Controller with connected irradiation sensor in theplant

If the list of parameters has been changed

If you have replaced a Sunny SensorBox or a Cluster Controller

The reason for this is that the standard page "Performance ratio" in the "Visualization" menu is not

updated automatically.



3. Select [Edit].

4. In the "Irradiation sensor" field, select the sensor based on the serial number of theCluster Controller / Sunny SensorBox.

Cluster Controller temperature sensors

If a module temperature sensor is connected to the Cluster Controller, the moduletemperature sensor readings are taken into account in the calculation of the performanceratio. This renders the value of the performance ratio more exact. However, a satisfactoryPR calculation is also possible without a temperature sensor.


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5. Select the type of irradiation sensor. The following settings are possible:

6. In the "Temperature sensor" field, select the sensor based on the serial number of theCluster Controller / Sunny SensorBox.

7. Select type of temperature sensor. The following settings are possible:

8. In the "Tolerance range between" field, enter the upper and lower limits of the tolerance rangefor the performance ratio (default settings: 0.0 und 1.0). If the performance ratio is outside the

tolerance range, a warning will be logged in the plant logbook.9. Select [Save].

ExtSolIrr External irradiation sensor

IntSolIrr Internal irradiation sensor (only with Sunny SensorBox)

TmpAmb Ambient temperature sensor

TmpMdul Module temperature sensor


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9 Publishing Sunny Portal Pages

There are two options for publishing the Sunny Portal pages of your PV plant:

Release the pages on www.SunnyPortal.com

Integrate the plant profile in your own Internet website

Releasing pages on www.SunnyPortal.com

If you release Sunny Portal pages of your plant on www.SunnyPortal.com, interested people will beable to find your plant on www.SunnyPortal.com under "Publicly Available Plants" and view thereleased pages.

1. Log into Sunny Portal with the user role "Installer" or "Plant administrator".

2. Select the desired page in the page and drop-down menu.

3. Select the "Page configuration" tab.or

In the Contents area, select [Configuration - "Name of the Page"].

4. In the "Approval" area, activate the "Also release page on www.sunnyportal.com" checkbox.

5. To send the page by e-mail, select "Send the website by e-mail", enter the e-mail address of therecipient, select [Send e-mail], and select .

6. Select [Save].

The icon is displayed in the page and drop-down menu next to the name of the released

page. To view the released pages of the plant, select the hyperlink "Open released pages ofthis plant" under "Configuration > System Presentation".

Integrating the plant profile in your own Internet website

1. Log into Sunny Portal with the user role "Installer" or "Plant administrator".

2. Select "Configuration > System Presentation".

3. In the "Plant profile" area, copy the source code of the page to the clipboard and link it into yourown website via a so-called inline frame.


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10 Device Settings

10.1 Calling Up and Filtering the Device Overview

On the "Device overview" page, you can view details of all devices in your plant and makedevice-specific settings. The "Overview of New Devices" tab will only be visible if Sunny Portal hasdetected new devices in your plant.

1. Select "Configuration > Device Overview".

The device overview of all devices in the active plant now opens.

* = active, = deactivated

Item Meaning

A Settings for filtering the device overview

B Device OverviewC Device name: name of the device

D Serial number: serial number of the device

E Product group: device group, e.g., Sunny Boy 4200TL

F *Data collection: indicates whether the data of this device is to be used onyour Sunny Portal pages, see Section 10.2.1 Activating/Deactivating theDevice (page 63).

G *Monitoring: indicates whether the device (inverter, Sunny WebBox) isparticipating in plant monitoring, see Section 7.3 Plant Monitoring

(page 40).

H Properties: opens tab with device properties of the device, see Section10.2 Calling Up Device Properties (page 59).

I Parameters: opens the "Parameters" tab of the device, see Section10.3 Calling up the Parameters of a Device (page 68).

K Logbook: opens the "System logbook" tab with filtered messages forthis device, see Section 7.2 System Logbook (page 39).


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2. To filter the device overview, set the desired filters. The following settings are possible:

3. Select [Refresh].

4. To delete filter settings, select [Reset]. TIP: You can sort the devices in the table of the deviceoverview in ascending or descending order by clicking on a blue entry in the table header(device, serial number, device active).

10.2 Calling Up Device Properties

1. Select "Configuration > Device Overview".

2. In the device line, select the icon for device characteristics.

The device characteristics window opens.

Explanation of Device Properties:

Device name Enter the complete name of a device or parts of a device name.

Serial number Enter the complete serial number of the device or parts of the serial

number.Devices Select the required device class, e.g., PV inverter or sensor.

Data collection Select the status of the required devices.

all: both activated and deactivated devices are displayed.

active: only activated devices are displayed.

deactivated: only deactivated devices are displayed.

Designation Meaning

Data collection Indicates whether the device is activated in Sunny Portal(see Section10.2.1 Activating/Deactivating the Device(page 63)). Activated devices are used in Sunny Portal,deactivated devices are not used.

= Device is activated in Sunny Portal.

= Device is deactivated in Sunny Portal.

Product group Device group, e.g. Sunny Boy 4200TLSerial number Serial number of the device

IP address

(only with Sunny WebBox andCluster Controller)

By selecting the IP address, you can access the userinterface of the Sunny WebBox or Cluster Controllerdirectly. To do this, you may need to set up portforwarding in your router (see router manual).

MAC address

(only with Sunny WebBox)

MAC address of the Sunny WebBox

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Explanation of device properties Device status of the Cluster Controller

To display the device status of the Cluster Controller, select the "Device Characteristics" pageof the Cluster Controller and go to the "Device status" tab.

Designation MeaningDevice status Indicates the device status of the Cluster Controller

(see page 43).

Grid management Indicates whether grid management is activated in theCluster Controller (see the Cluster Controller usermanual).

Active power limitation*

*The data for active power limitation and cos Phi setpoint are displayed when the respective function is activated.

Parameter for active power limitation

Cos Phi setpoint* Parameter for the cos Phi setpoint

Target value Indicates the current target value for active power

limitation or the cos Phi setpoint. The target value isspecified by the network operator.

Actual set value Indicates the current actual set value for active powerlimitation or the Cos phi setpoint. The actual set value issent to the inverters by the Cluster Controller.

Source of target value Indicates the type of signal source.

Last contact Shows the date and time of the last contact between theCluster Controller and the Sunny Portal.


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Explanation of device properties Device status of Power Reducer Box

To display the device status of the Power Reducer Box, select the "Device Characteristics" pageof the Cluster Controller and go to the "Device status" tab.

10.2.1 Activating/Deactivating the Device

1. If you want to remove a device from your plant or if you do not want to have a device displayedon Sunny Portal, you can deactivate the device on Sunny Portal. The data of the deactivateddevice is then no longer available for calculating diagrams and tables. However, in contrast tothe deletion of a device (

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